كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَ غَادِياً فِي طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ فَقَالَ أَتَصَدَّقُ لِعِيَالِي قِيلَ لَهُ أَ تَتَصَدَّقُ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْحَلَالَ فَهُوَ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Whenever it was the morning, Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> would go out early in seeking the livelihood. So it was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! Where are you<sup>asws</sup> going?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘To give charity to my<sup>asws</sup> dependents’. It was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Is it charity?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who seeks the Permissible, so it is a charity from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic upon him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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